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UKs renewables generate 14.9% high electricity in 2013: report
2014-08-01 01:00:00| Power Technology
The UKs renewables sources generated 14.9% of electricity in 2013, according to a new report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
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Fossil fuels have unfair advantage over renewables on US capital markets
2014-07-30 17:16:00| Transmission & Distribution World
In 2012, MLPs raised over $23 billion of new capital, most of which is thought to be for oil and shale gas projects... read more
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Duke Energy ranks low for renewables, efficiency in national study
2014-07-25 17:33:53| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy is fifth among the nation's 32 largest investor-owned utilities for power produced by renewable energy, according to a new study published by the sustainable investing advocate organization Ceres.
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Poll 60% back carbon tax if used for renewables
2014-07-21 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Most Americans oppose a carbon tax, considered by many economists a cost-effective way to fight climate change, but they are willing to support it if the money is returned to them or used to fund renewable energy, a poll Monday finds. Only a third, or 34%, say they support taxing fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas that emit heat-trapping carbon dioxide when burned, according to researchers at the University of Michigan's Center for Local, State and Urban Policy and Muhlenberg College's Institute...
Renewables Account For More Than Half 2014's New U.S. Energy Capacity
2014-07-21 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Renewable energy continues growing its share of new electricity generation in the U.S. According to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, solar and wind energy constituted more than half of the new generating capacity in the country for the first half of 2014. Solar and wind energy combined for 1.83 gigawatts (GW) of the total 3.53 GW installed from January to June. Natural gas constituted much of the remainder of installed capacity with about...
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